Russian frontline collapses in Kharkiv

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The advance of the Ukrainian army has been faster than expected and surprises the invaders, who have lost valuable strategic hubs such as Kupiansk

The advance of the Ukrainian troops in their attempt to drive the Russians out of the Kharkov region is moving much faster than the specialists in military affairs had predicted. The Kiev army, which raised the Ukrainian flag on Friday at key official buildings in the city of Balakleya, also took control of Kupiansk on Saturday, a major rail transport hub vital to the logistics of the Russian military, according to all. characters.

Ukrainian authorities confirmed the capture of Kupiansk this morning. This was confirmed by the adviser to the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Natalia Popova, who illustrated her statement on Facebook with a photo of Ukrainian soldiers in the center of Kupiansk waving their country’s flags. The former defense minister of the Donetsk separatists, Igor Guirkin, confirmed via his Telegram channel that Russian troops have “withdrawn from the western part of Kupiansk, about two-thirds of the entire city”.

Guirkin regrets that the Russian command claims that leaving Kupiansk is “the right tactical decision to organize the defense on the periphery”, but believes it is nothing more than an unfounded justification. The former pro-Russian military leader estimates that “we are facing an acute operational crisis (from the occupying forces) in much of the front, which has turned into a major defeat.”

Guirkin believes that “for our part, we can now only talk about how to stop the deepening of the enemy and prevent the operational defeat from becoming strategic.” “Although that is actually already the case. The enemy has already won the battle of the initiative and now we must consider how to prevent the Ukrainian troops from encircling and destroying large formations of our troops,” he lamented. According to his information, “I also receive data, although not yet verified, of attacks and alleged advances towards Limán and Lisichansk by the Ukrainian forces, who are also heavily bombing Donetsk.”

British intelligence believes that the Ukrainian army is “blocking Russian units near Izium, a town a little further south and the main stronghold of the Russian apparatus in the area, and is preparing to attack Russia’s supply line with destination to Donbas Ukrainian Telegram channels claim that Russian troops have already left Izium.

However, the adviser to the presidency of Ukraine, Oleksiy Arestovich, states in a video on YouTube that the Russians in Izium are practically isolated, hundreds of them have died in the recent fighting and several hundred more have become prisoners.

Ukrainian forces launched the counter-offensive in the southern region of Kharkov on September 6 and managed to advance 50 kilometers, suggesting that it was a surprise to Russian forces. In reality, it seems that the announcement of the counter-offensive in Kherson was a ploy to force Moscow to lead troops there, leaving the fronts in the Kharkov and Donetsk regions unprotected.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that “more than 30 areas of the Kharkiv region have been liberated”. He said he hoped his army would “progress gradually” to recapture the cities Russia had occupied since Feb. 24, when President Vladimir Putin ordered the start of the invasion. In his speech, Zelensky urged the inhabitants of these areas to inform the Ukrainian army about the crimes of the “occupiers”, with the aim of collecting as much evidence as possible. According to Russian media, Moscow sent “reinforcement troops” into the Kharkov area on Friday to try to stop the ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive.

Source: La Verdad

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